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Is there really a difference between the two? I have very little patience with people of any group (minority or dominant) who freely spat out bigoted, demeaning jokes, and then when called on it, they say, "Oh, but I was only JOKING." This would include not only white people who behave this way, but any bigoted person -- a homophobic black man making gross, bigoted jokes of gays, a Jew making anti-Catholic bigoted jokes, a white gay man making bigoted jokes about Hispanics, and so on.
Even if you are joking, it would likely have been tasteless and nothing but a bad reflection of yourself in my view. Do one of the two things -- freely use bigoted jokes but admit that you are a bigot, or stop using bigoted jokes that degrade or dehumanize another group of human beings.
For the record, I disagreed with Spike's distorted viewpoint of Eastwood as well (as discussed in closed thread). But I can find far better ways to express my disagreement with someone of another group/background without relying on the same stereotyping and bigoted jokes that real bigots use.
"I was only joking, even if real bigots use the same jokes" - PULEEZ.
And for the record, I agree that the bashing of white Southerners on here sometimes gets out of hand as well. Some of the stereotyping of white Southerners on here is just grossly unfair.
Even if you are joking, it would likely have been tasteless and nothing but a bad reflection of yourself in my view. Do one of the two things -- freely use bigoted jokes but admit that you are a bigot, or stop using bigoted jokes that degrade or dehumanize another group of human beings.
For the record, I disagreed with Spike's distorted viewpoint of Eastwood as well (as discussed in closed thread). But I can find far better ways to express my disagreement with someone of another group/background without relying on the same stereotyping and bigoted jokes that real bigots use.
"I was only joking, even if real bigots use the same jokes" - PULEEZ.
And for the record, I agree that the bashing of white Southerners on here sometimes gets out of hand as well. Some of the stereotyping of white Southerners on here is just grossly unfair.
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